Machete

Machete has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available in Australia on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel, and in the US on fuboTV and FXNow. It says what it needs to say in one sitting, no filler. Its 6/10 TMDB score, built from 3,590 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Watch it for Danny Trejo — stay for everyone else around them. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Machete is worth clearing space for. Machete gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss. Between them, Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez carry the comedy without ever forcing it. Machete came out in 2010. Machete earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Machete is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Danny Trejo is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.